In Memoriam - December 7, 1941

Of the 2,341 service members that died on Dec. 7, 1941, almost half died on the USS Arizona, a total of 1,177. There were 38 sets of brothers on board USS Arizona, including three sets of three brothers. Of those 79 people, 63 died as a result of the attack.
Attached covers sent by crew members aboard the USS Arizona. Their names are part of the white open-air shrine that contains the names of all the men lost with the Arizona.
Mahalo for your service and Never Forgotten!

Lt. C. T. Janz




E. C Morse





L L Collier Jr



F T Nielsen

Thanks for posting.

Great post this day.

Thanks for honoring those who were killed. Such a sad event in our nation's history.

Thanks for the remembrance of this day.

Just before dawn on December 8, 1941, Lt. Paul Plybonwas and Cpl. David Akui of the Hawaii National Guard were patrolling Waimanalo Beach 15 miles east of Pearl Harbor when they discovered an exhausted, half-naked man desperately swimming near the shore.

On high alert after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day, the soldiers moved to detain him. After dragging the man out of the water, they discovered he was Japanese.

Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, a Japanese sailor, had just hours earlier been piloting a mini submarine on a mission to infiltrate Pearl Harbor and sink US ships as part of the attack.

He was taken to Fort Shafter, interrogated, and sent to a prisoner of war camp, becoming the US's first prisoner of World War II.

Very interesting post card and history. The Japanese sailor you mentioned lived to age 81 when he died in 1999.
Here is more info on him:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Sakamaki

Thanks for sharing the info on Kazuo Sakamaki, which was very interesting.

To anyone who may be interested, please visit the link below on Lt Clifford Janz. It was the 1st cover shown above.
There are many Google sites that you will find about Lt Clifford Janz. I feel honored to share this person's history throughout the world. His spirit and memory live on!

This is the part of philately that I enjoy most. Had I not collected covers, I would have absolutely no clue on this kind of history. As I've posted in other topics in the past, my friends or family unfortunately are not interested at all. At the end of the day, "to each's own".
 
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index....ANZ,_LT,_USN



Also, how sad on Lt Janz not seeing his own son.

Thanks for this post and the follow-up.

Reposting in the memory of our fallen heroes.
My father in law actually witnessed the attack while living in Kaka'ako part of downtown Honolulu. Saw ships firing at anything up in the air. Says the ships that were firing were way off in accuracy.
My parents lived on the island of Maui. During the war, they had to "black out" their windows at night.
Let us not forget the sacrifice of the brave souls protecting our country.

For the few who remember: The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day."

Postcard signed by US POW #1. Kazuo Sakamaki. Attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.







Should you do a Google search on: Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection, you will find my digitized collection of Hawaii covers, postcards, documents, and other Hawaii related items of interest.

Never Forget

hawiainbrian... Thank you for sharing this piece of history. POW #1!